Question

完形填空（共12分，每小題1分）
閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選擇最佳選項
　　I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a book shop hired（雇傭） me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very 　1　 　to earn my own pocket money and my parents 　2　 　interfered（干涉）with how I spent it, even when I was spending it foolishly. They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the 　3　 , I would become more mature（成熟的） and responsible about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.
　　Like many American parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they 　4 　　a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around Europe. My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great 　5　 　for me. In the end, my father won the argument（爭論） on the 　6　 　that I limited（限定）my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins spread out through the country who could 　7　 　shelter（住處）and help if I needed them.
　　Three years later, my younger brother decided to 　8　 　a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not eager to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n) 　9　 　year working his way on trains and ships to 　10 　　passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.
　　These kinds of experiences are probably rare（稀少的）for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly common. Most parents start 　11　 　their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have selected the university they plan to attend and maybe even 　12　 　on their future career, and so on.

小題1:	A．anxious　　 B．content　　　 C．proud D．hopeful

小題2:	A．never B．ever　　　 　 C．always D．even

小題3:	A．problems B．mistakes C．disappointment D．failure

小題4:	A．helped B．supported C．shared D．worried

小題5:	A．journey　　 B．experience C．decision　　　　 D．possibility

小題6:	A．situation　 B．agreement C．gesture D．condition

小題7:	A．promise　　 B．afford C．provide D．serve

小題8:	A．set B．put C．take D．keep

小題9:	A．unusual B．hard C．strange D．busy

小題10:

A．accept　　 B．earn C．find D．search

小題11:

A．bringing　　 B．forcing 　　 C．pushing　　　　　 D．protecting

小題12:

A．worked　　 B．decided C．carried D．tried

Answer 1

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:B
小題6:D
小題7:C
小題8:C
小題9:A
小題10:B
小題11:C
小題12:B

試題分析：這篇文章講的是在美國，很多父母在孩子小的時候就開始鍛煉他們的獨立性，這樣隨著他們的長大，孩子們對自己的未來就能夠具有很清晰的規劃。
小題1:anxious “焦急的”；content“滿意的”；proud“自豪的”；hopeful“有希望的”。 因為自己掙錢自己花，當然是值得驕傲與自豪的了。故選C
小題2:從下文看她的父母很開通，支持孩子獨立自主，給孩子鍛煉機會，所以判斷它們不會干涉孩子如何花零花錢的。故選A. never“從不”。故選A
小題3:根據上下文，可知作者的父母給孩子充分的鍛煉機會，哪怕是犯錯誤。這里指即使他不理智的花錢，父母也不會干涉；好讓他在錯誤中吸取教訓，學會合理地消費。故選B。
小題4:從第三段第二行“Again my mother was very worried and not eager to see my brother leave school,”可知,母親對子女的單獨出游非常不放心，表現出很擔心的樣子。故選D
小題5:A. journey 旅行，旅程；B. experience 經歷；C. chance 機會；D. possibility 可能性。從文中以及最后一段“These kinds of experiences…”可知作者希望通過獨自旅行鍛煉自己對自己的成長來說應該是一次難得的經歷。故選B
小題6:on the condition that I limited（限定）my traveling to France, my mother’s home；on the condition “條件是”，固定結構。句意：條件是我的旅行目的地是法國，我母親的家就在那里。故選D
小題7:A. 答應；B.負擔的起；C. 提供；D. 服務。句意：母親的親屬分散在法國各地，都可以為他提供幫助。故選C
小題8:take a year off“請一年假”，固定結構。句意：我弟弟決定請一年的假期，去旅行美國和加勒比海地區。故選C
小題9: 因為弟弟是主動選擇邊打工邊旅行，因而他一定覺得這樣的經歷unusual“不同尋�！保�而非 hard“艱苦”，strange“奇怪”或 busy“繁忙”。故選A
小題10: 這里passage指“乘船或飛機的航程，旅行，旅費”；earn passage to different ports earn and cities“自己掙錢到各處旅行”。故選B
小題11:bringing“帶來”；forcing“迫使”；pushing“促使”；protecting“保護”這里指父母推動孩子做自己想做的事，而不是強迫，故選 C。
小題12:A.工作 B.決定 C.拿、背負 D.試圖；decide on sth.“決定某事”。句意：他們可以決定自己以后的事業，故選B。
點評：對于描寫社會現象的文體，把握作者的寫作核心，所記敘的事情發展順序。對于完型填空可以先花幾分鐘時間進行整體的瀏覽，弄清楚作者的寫作順序，時態，中心思想。結合平時的語法知識和上下文詞義復現的特點進行解題。